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First Islam is a noun and means the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah. Another meaning is the Muslim world.
now signify is a verb and means be an indication of. Some synonyms are be evidence of, be a sign of, mark, signal, mean, spell, be symptomatic of, herald, indicate; literary betoken
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because they were destroyed during a conflict
